{{wiktionary|defend|defender|defenders}} '''Defender'''('''s''') or '''The Defender'''('''s''') may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Arts and entertainment== ===Film, television, and theatre=== ====Film==== * ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary * ''The Defender'' (1994 film), or ''The Bodyguard from Beijing'' * ''The Defender'' (2004 film), a British-German action film * ''The Defenders'' (2023 film), an Australian documentary about Bahraini dissenter and footballer Hakeem al-Araibi
====Television==== * ''The Defender'' (2021 TV series), a Czech crime drama series * ''The Defenders'' (1961 TV series), an American courtroom drama * ''The Defenders'' (2010 TV series), an American legal comedy-drama * ''The Defenders'' (miniseries), an American Marvel TV series ** The Defenders Saga, a term used to describe the interconnected set of Marvel Netflix television series * "Defender" (''FBI: Most Wanted''), a 2020 episode * "The Defenders" (''The Defenders'' episode) * "The Defender" (''Studio One''), a 1957 episode
====Theatre==== * ''The Defenders'' (ballet), a 2007 ballet by William Forsythe * ''The Defender'' (musical), 1902 Broadway musical
===Gaming=== * Defender (card player), a player who plays against the declarer * ''Defender'' (1981 video game) * ''Defender'' (2002 video game), a remake * ''Defender'', a 1982 pinball table based on the 1981 video game.
===Literature=== * ''The Chicago Defender'', a Chicago-based online newspaper * ''Defender'', a 2001 novel in C. J. Cherryh's ''Foreigner'' series * ''The Defender'' (Kalashnikoff novel), a 1951 novel by Nicholas Kalashnikoff * ''The Defender'' (Thwaites novel), a 1936 novel by F. J. Thwaites * Defenders (comics), a fictional superhero group in Marvel comic books * "The Defenders" (short story), a 1953 short story by Philip K. Dick
===Music=== * ''Defender'' (album), a 1987 album by Rory Gallagher * "Defender" (Gabriella Cilmi song), 2010 * "Defender" (Peter Andre song), 2010 * "The Defender", a 1982 song by Buckner & Garcia from ''Pac-Man Fever'' * "Defender", a 1987 song by Manowar from ''Fighting the World'' * "Defender", a 2000 song by Heavenly from ''Coming from the Sky'' * "Defender", a 2012 song by As I Lay Dying from ''Awakened'' * "Defender", a 2018 song by Wolfheart from ''Constellation of the Black Light'' * "Defender", a 2020 song by August Burns Red from ''Guardians'' * "Defenders", a 2014 song by DragonForce from ''Maximum Overload''
==Sports== * A member of the defense (sports) ** Defender (association football) * Defender (America's Cup), the America's Cup yacht representing the club that currently holds the Cup * ''Defender'' (1895 yacht), the 1895 America's Cup winner * ''Defender'' (1982 yacht), a yacht which competed in the 1983 America's Cup * Connecticut Defenders, a former American baseball team * Los Angeles D-Fenders, now the South Bay Lakers, an American basketball team * Defenders Football Club, formerly Sri Lanka Army SC * Defenceman, ice hockey position
==Military== ===Aircraft=== * Britten-Norman Defender, a multi-role utility transport aircraft * Fletcher FD-25 Defender, a 1950s American light ground-attack aircraft * McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, a light military helicopter
===Naval and Coast Guard vessels=== * {{HMS|Defender}}, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Defender'' (MCM-2), a mine countermeasures ship of the U.S. Navy * Defender-class boat, a class of boat of the U.S. Coast Guard * Defender-class torpedo boat (1883)
==Transportation== * Land Rover Defender, a British 4×4 off-road vehicle **Land Rover Defender (L663), from 2019
==Other uses== * Defendant or defender in Scots law for civil cases * Defender Limited, a British Virgin Islands investment fund * Defender Mountain, on the border of the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada * Defenders (Ireland), a Roman Catholic agrarian secret society in 18th century Ireland * Windows Defender, anti-malware software
== See also == * {{lookfrom|defender}} * {{intitle|defender}} * {{lookfrom|The Defender}} * Defender of the Faith (disambiguation) * ''Defendor'', a 2009 Canadian-American film * Public defender, a lawyer appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer
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